Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Lutheran pastor
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Place of Birth: Fürth, Bavaria, Germany
About Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe
- Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe (21 February 1808 – 2 January 1872) (often rendered 'Loehe') was a pastor of the Lutheran Church, Neo-Lutheran writer, and is often regarded as being a founder of the deaconess movement in Lutheranism and a founding sponsor of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS).
- From the small town of Neuendettelsau, he sent pastors to North America, Australia, New Guinea, Brazil, and the Ukraine.
- His work for a clear confessional basis within the Bavarian church sometimes led to conflict with the ecclesiastical bureaucracy.
- His chief concern was that a parish find its life in the eucharist, and from that source evangelism and social ministries would flow.
- Many Lutheran congregations in Michigan, Ohio, and Iowa were either founded or influenced by missionaries sent by Löhe.
- He is commemorated on 2 January by the calendars of both the LCMS and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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